It’s close to a sellout for Huskies; health update on Ducks

There were only a limited number of tickets, in all price categories, available on Friday afternoon for Saturday's 1 p.m. game against Washington at the Matthew Knight Arena.

It could mean the second sellout in four games at Oregon's new facility. The opening game against USC was listed as a sellout at 12,364, with the announced attendance 11,089 for Oregon's game against UCLA.

The announced attendance for Thursday's game against WSU was 10,017, though the empty seats in the student section and most of the reserved seat areas meant that total was tickets sold.

INJURY REPORT: At Oregon's practice on Friday afternoon, freshman point guard Johnathan Loyd seemed OK. UO coach Dana Altman had expressed some concern about Loyd's status after a hard fall in Thursday's game, but Loyd had treatment on a sore shoulder.

Altman wasn't optimistic about Jeremy Jacob playing against the Huskies. Jacob wasn't in uniform for the WSU game due to pain in his left knee, and he only participated on a very limited basis in Friday's practice.

More information on Saturday's game in the print edition of The Register-Guard and at www.registerguard.com on Saturday morning.

Bob Clark has covered Oregon basketball over a span of the past six head coaches, from Dick Harter to Dana Altman. He’s watched some of the biggest wins for the Ducks, a couple of trips to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament and yes, also the most-lopsided loss ever recorded in McArthur Court.